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Black women’s group alters treatment of minorities in Billings

Terry and her cousin, Nellie Foster, recently talked about how much the Phyllis Wheatley Club meant to their mothers. Foster also was a member of the club and became treasurer of the Montana State Fed... read more

Nellie Stephenson

Pawtucket, R.I. - Nellie (Wheatley) Stephenson, 85, of Pidge Avenue, died Wednesday, December 29, at home. She was the wife of the late Gifford B. Stephenson. Born in Stamford, Lancashire, England, a ... read more

18 people who accomplished incredible things at a shockingly young age

At the age of 20, Phillis Wheatley became the first ever African-American woman ... She accepted and began publishing under the pseudonym Nellie Bly (the name of a popular song at the time). At the ag... read more

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Cannes’ ter-ruff-ic actors

2016 Nellie, Patterson English Bulldog Nellie made history recently ... 2012 Starring in British director Ben Wheatley’s dark comedy Sightseers, Smurf the terrier, who played both Banjo and Poppy, too... read more

Families In Need Thankful For Thanksgiving Meal Giveaway

Thankfully, turkey giveaways are being offered at several places around South Florida including Phillis Wheatley Elementary School in Overtown ... way of contributing back to the community,” said Nell... read more

For This Company, Giving Back is So Much More Than a Tuesday Thing

Administrators? Support staff? How did you pull it together? NL: The makeup up of the committee consists of the agency’s Senior Vice President Wheatley Marshall, Nellie Lopez as an Account Executive, ... read more

Students Bring Women's History To Life

Some of those being portrayed were Wheatley, an African-American colonial author; Keller, a blind, deaf mute who became an author; Anderson, an African-American singer; Miranda, a Brazilian actress an... read more

Ranking the Greatest Rose Bowls

Wheatley was the Rose Bowl MVP ... which only adds to the memories of this all-time thriller. Whoa, Nellie. read more

Cleveland Heights Youth Football Team Will Compete in Sixth Grade National Championship

This accomplishment represents the first football championship of any kind in Cleveland Heights history, helping uplift a community reeling from narrowly missing the high school playoffs. The Tigers a... read more

Obituary: Bertha Smith broke down barriers in Minneapolis schools

Smith graduated from Miss Wood’s Kindergarten Primary Training School in 1944 and taught in the nursery school at the Phyllis Wheatley Neighborhood House ... said that civil rights leader Nellie Stone ... read more